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Nanoparticle system shows promise for delivering mRNA to prevent type 1 diabetes Research on preventing type 1 diabetes often focuses on limiting the autoimmune response that destroys the body's ability to produce its own insulin. A new technology developed by scientists at the Un...

What a wonderful thing this will be for so, so many people, if it turns out to work. Once we get rid of RFKjr and his lackeys.

Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers | Meetup We are a speculative fiction writers group based in Brooklyn. Together, we help one another hone our craft to a more professional level. This group is open to serious writers of fantasy, science ficti...

BSFW EVENTS
[Online unless noted otherwise. Eastern Time Zone]

Marcy's Short Story Meetup - Sun 3/1 3PM
Daniel's Comic Book Workshop (IRL) - Tue 3/3 7PM
On-the-Spot Workshop Critique Group - Wed 3/4 7:30PM
Rad Files Novel Group - Mon 3/9 7:30PM

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Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...

Sigh.
It's never "just" the concentration-camp tattoo.
Also, that's a reminder we NEVER thought we'd have to write.
Happy March, everyone.

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Front and back views of the Magic 8 Ball fortunetelling toy, with the message "Can't Say Now" in the fortunetelling window.

My AI is the best AI.

Love us a good captain!

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

Wow! A lost short film by George Méliès from 1897 (!!) is discovered by Library of Congress archivists! It was in a box of old films donated by the great-grandson of a traveling showman who staged film screenings to astounded 19th century audiences.

You can watch it at the link.

We never thought we'd say this...Lovecraft was right.

> From: "queryrebecca@rebeccasinclairassociates.com" <queryrebecca@rebeccasinclairassociates.com> > To: "[redacted]> > Date: 02/25/2026 9:36 AM EST > Subject: Turn Your Manuscript Into a Traditional Deal > > Dear [redacted], > Congratulations on your successful 2026 acquisition! > > This is Rebecca Sinclair from the acquisition team working with Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan. These companies are major traditional publishers interested in acquiring the rights to your book. > > A few months ago, your book [redacted] was scouted by a partnered independent book scouting agency. Your book stood out among the numerous submissions we received, and we were thoroughly impressed by the creativity, imagination, and heart that it brings to the table. We would like to congratulate you on this remarkable achievement, which is a testament to your outstanding writing skills and dedication to your craft. Your story has captured our attention and our hearts, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with you and help bring your vision to life. > > I’d like to inform you that your content material has been accepted. They are interested in acquiring it this year. April 2026 will be the official CONTRACT of your manuscript's initial negotiable and taxable worth release date. On the same day, you will receive a check for the publishing rights of your book. Please review the details below for your manuscript's initial negotiable and taxable worth. > > $80,000- $100,000 > 30% monthly royalty > 3-year contract > > We are currently finalizing the date of the deliberation for the 2026 acquisition, hopefully we can schedule it before the above-mentioned release date of your contract. In addition, please see the details below for the requirements needed to be submitted before March 15. > > 1. Developmentally Edited Manuscript > 2. Author's Bio > 3. Synopsis of the book (not necessarily lengthy) > 4. 5 reviews from accredited professional …

Check out this unusually elaborate scam literary agency website. Count the fakery: fake "team". fake clients (all images stock or AI) & fake sales claims. This outfit is soliciting using an email template I recognize from a previous scam www.rebeccasinclairassociates.com

Any SFnal future that does not include vaporware and grifter capitalists is simply not credible.

Any SFnal future that does not include vaporware and grifter capitalists is simply not credible.

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 67, "Mushroom Mother of Us All" by Paul Lewin: In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The quote reads: "Susanna was the only one among the illusionists I’ve worked with in my career whose illusions ever felt like true magic to me; she alone allowed me to tap into that wonder our audiences pay us to experience."

Last minute reading for the Nebula Awards? Try the novelette “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker! It was 4th Place in the Uncanny Magazine 2026 Reader Poll & on the Locus Recommended Reading List! Read it here! buff.ly/QTn6v3h

The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos, it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct

"The wave function of the universe is like a cosmic secret that physics itself conspires to keep."

New Scientist covers recent work by Eddy Keming Chen & Roderich Tumulka published in the BJPS:
www.newscientist.com/article/2513...

Link to the (free) paper in next comment.

#philsci #philsky #hps

Resist the temptation to save your main character!

Full video: youtu.be/GZNHUoYgXOM?...

#writingcommunity #writingtips #writingabook #writingadvice #writingcraft

💛 It's no else's business 💛

#WritingCommunity #Inspire

Over on the Clock App I've been on a bit of an anti-Ai tear. One of my videos I talked about how I'm going to include a little badge, indicating that my books are AI free because more and more AI books are flooding the market and AI prompters aren't being all that upfront about labeling their work as ai because it "affects their bottom line". As someone who wants to support humans, and their work, I want to be sure that I am only reading human written books. I'm sure I'm not the only one, so I whipped up a little AI Free badge. Someone in the comments asked if I would list the file for purchase somewhere, because they wanted to use it too. I won't list it for sale any where, but I will post it for free for anyone who wishes to use it to just have it. I know I would be more likely to buy a book if I know that it is 100% human made. And if you'd like to see my actual AI rants, go check me out on TikTok

That's it, if prompters don't want to label their work as AI made, then I will start labeling my work as human made. #writer #writing #author #selfpublished #romanceauthor #booksky

These scam emails are getting funnier and funnier, I swear.

Bourbon Penn 38 cover reveal. Early release available now to subscribers!

Congratulations to all the 2026 @sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling Award nominees! 🎉

Very exciting to see twelve (!!!) poems from last year's Strange Horizons issues on the list!

Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work and thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed them! ❤️

Who is Valar Atomics? • Utah News Dispatch Valar Atomics, a company exploring nuclear energy development for Utah, has been criticized by experts for its safety claims.

Any science-fiction future that does not include grifters is not a fully realized future.

utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/07/07/v...

Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early--in this case, both parts of a novella two weeks early--on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you!

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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

AM I SUPPOSED TO BE SUPRISED? IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WITH HALF A FUNCTIONING BRAINCELL AND A PULSE THAT'S SUPRISED??
fortune.com/2026/02/24/d...

#PPOD: This beautiful image shows a swirling region of bright clouds in the wake of a cyclonic storm in Jupiter's atmosphere. On the left, you can see the turbulent, blue-tinted pole, while on the right, the polar clouds give way to the pinker belts and zones of Jupiter’s mid-latitudes. 🧪 🔭

Webb examines Cranium Nebula - The telescope used two instruments to capture mind-bending new views of the little-known nebula PMR 1 Astronomers are losing their heads over the latest images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, which bear a striking resemblance to a transparent cosmic cranium, revealing the “brain” ins...

🔭 More about that nebula: esawebb.org/news/weic2605/

The slow death of a star seen in infrared. The star is ejecting its outer layers at a slow pace, creating what looks like an expecting bubble of gas. The material ejected by the star is appearing as orange/red here, looking like a skull (hence its name). Dozens of stars in our galaxy and background galaxies can be spotted everywhere around it (and even behind it!).

The same planetary nebula seen in mid-infrared. The skull and the bubble are still clearly visible.

I was waiting all day for the data release of those observations, I am clearly not disappointed!🔭

This is the Cranium Nebula, a planetary nebula, as seen by the JWST with NIRCam (l) and MIRI (r). Processing this data was so fun, this plan. nebula is incredible!

HD: flic.kr/p/2rYiLSJ

Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy's heart is captured in a new telescope picture A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

"The picture released Wednesday by the European Southern Observatory zeros in on a region of cold cosmic gases more than 650 light-years across. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers)." 🔭🧪

Neutrinos hold space but no value.
They are the cryptocurrency of particles.

Today's Word: Cacoethes
An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable. From Greek kakoethes (ill-disposed), blending kakos (bad) and ethos (disposition). Roman satirist Juvenal gave us "cacoethes scribendi" - the incurable itch to write. 'nuff said.

This is a wonderful list of comfort read recommendations!

I pulled together all the ones I could into a list here to add to TBRs if you want: gist.github.com/sh4nth/b1a31...

Medieval woodcut of a knight fighting a skeleton with the words "What are the four character classes? Wrong answers only."

Holden
Alex
Amos
Naomi